Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-01-07
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&c Baston backs tho enterprise. s5sss
he Minneapolis Lumb ermer's exchange
agrees to support Charles e. Sinclair for
the surveyor goneralship
ss The great event ia the religious world 81
Atinneap oils on the 10Th, was the dedica,
ton Of the new First Baptist Oh arch, At
the corner Of Tenth street and Harmon
place. Vast throngs Of ople Of Ill iaiths
5nocked into the editice at all three hoursof
service, and chi yed the felicity 81 witness
ing and taking part in public worship il
the most gorge Jus uditorium in the whole
Northwestern country. # 4sS
James j. Bushard, a former resident ol
Minneapolis, died at Los Angeles, CAL, on
the 9Th inst, aged seventy two years.
The Granite Falls Journal says n nsw
specimens will be sent to st. Paul to ascer-
tain how good q quality Of rock they have
there. ~. =. 3: 5S + =5% 2 ' 81 =. s,ia=s
DR.. Newell made the trip from Tracy to
st. Paul with horse and buggy, and it
took him five days. a. &5a
It is understood that the executive COM
mittee has practically agreed upon St.
Paul as the place OF holding the next ma.
tional convention OF railroad commission.
ers in June, 1887. t.. -. u RI MI
Prof. George Wing, at Jacksonville, ILL.,,
died Of pneumonia. Prot. Wing was teach.
er at the institute for the deaf in Faribault
Tor thirteen years, and was very we'll known
throughout the state.
+ Articles OF incorporation of the st. Paul,
St. Croix & Lake Superior Railway com.
pany have been filed with the secretary Of
state. The company cOntemplates q line
In Ramsey, Washington and Chisago coun.
ties, and more particularly from some con.
venient point in St. Paul on the most feas-
ible route to such points as may be deemed
advisable. The capital stock is placed at
81, 100000.
Rev. G. G. Tanner of Owatonna will re-
move to Kansas, where he has secured a
position as teacher. This will leave the Of
fee OF county superintendent vacant.
There are about one hundred and sixty
two men in the Minneapolis police Depart
ment. OF this number 1872 are active
patrolmen. This gives one patrolman to
every 1900 people.
It is stated on good authority that
Chicago capitalists will open bank in
Duluth with hall million capital.
Otis Gress, university student from
Winona, was seriously injured at Min.
neapolis while attempting to board a
Manitoba freight train.
Commencing Jan. 1, 1887, full railroad
postoffice CIR service will be placed on the
Northern Pacific railroad between St. Paul
and Mandan Dak., to replace apartments
car service between the same points.
The much-talked-of 144.hour night and
day six-day-go ,,as-you-please bicycle race
was started under very favorable circum-
stances at the Washington rink, Mnneap.
oils, at three minutes after midnight OF the
Goth.
A modest estimate places the number OF
hay-stacks in sight from the road, between
Montevideo and Kerkhaven, at /, 800 and
the tons at Is, 900, valued at $50, 900.
During She past season the oil receipts at
Duluth by lake were 3,141, 900 gallons,
equal to nearly $4,000 barrels. Among
other receipts there were IA 600 barrels of
sugar, nearly all of which went to iobbing
houses at St. Paul.
Thomas Hagerty, working in lumber
camp near Cloquet, was struck on the head
by a limb Of u tree. He died.
1t is proposed to erect a soldiers monu.
ment in Red Wing to be made OF granite,
twenty feet in height, with room for tab
let's large enough to contain the ma mes oi
every soldier from that county, the Who'll
to be surmounted by life-size statue OF
soldier in full uniform. The estimated CT
is from $4,000 to 81, 500.
A sad story OF ruin and death termina
at Winona recently in the discovery
young woman lying dead in her bed
an overdose of oil OF tansy. Her
was Tina Webber, twenty-four years
OF John Kendall, one OF the oldest
chants of Winona. A bottle of oil of tt
deadly poison, from which a teaspo
had been taken, stood beside the bee
showed too plainly the manner of there.
The secretary Of the interior has aft.
the decision OF Sparks, canoeing Theol.
Ubbelondes timber culture entry OF land
section 4, township ia, range 46, Red
wood Falls land district. Jacob r. Roune,
berg gets the land.
The Austin, Geneva, Mankato & St.
Cloud Railway company has fled articles
of incorporation with the secretary o.
state. The object OF the company is tc
construct and operate q railroad from
some convenient point on the south line o.
the State OF Minnesota in q northwestern
direction, by the way OF Austin, Geneva
the village OF Richmond and Mankato, tc
St.. Cloud, with such branches as may b.
deemed necessary. Austin is named a. the
principal place for conducting the business
OF the corporation. The capital stock il
100000, divided into 5000 shares.
The first annual convention OF the Sec
ond District Sabbath School Associato
OF Minnesota will be held at Waseca
Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. Is and 10
1887. This district comprises Blue Earth
Faribault, Freeborn. Steele, Waseca, Rice
lie Sueur and Nicollet counties.
The Touring mill Of Lienau & Roescheis
at Watertown, took fire and was burn
to the ground. The fire at the time it wa
discovered had made such Roadway tina
! it was. beyond CONTROL and all that coule
be done was to prevent the fire from
spreading to other buildings. The tota
loss is estimated at 1000.
Miss Nora Burke OF Minneapolis was in
stantly killed while crossing railroad
track in Waseca county.
George F. Hancock, highly respected
pioneer settler in Lake township, Wabashs
| county, died Of pleurisy recently aged sixty
| eight years. Mrs. Hancock died only {
| few weeks ago. 81 %zs
AtWinona, James Thompson, the lahore
! convicted OF rape upon Rosabel Castle
man, a five ear-old child, on May 6 last
| was sentenced for life. E$"& =, 80
Edward Delamore died in Point Douglas
aged seventy.one years. He was one 0
Hastings pioneer citizens. 4,
| Francis Neller Jr., OF Udolpho, Move
| county, committed suicide. He was aget
! twenty seven years. Last fall he desiret
! to marry young lady who was workin
| in his fathers family, but his father for
babe it and the girl left. It is conjecturet
| that the suicide was the result OF brocdin
| over this disappointment .s:.#.5#. \.
t At Glenwood, the house of Postmaste
Thomas Swiger took fire and was Quilted
| All she contents were rendered WORTHLESS
by FIRE and water. 3"}s ss
The Shakopee Manufacturing company
| an,organiza ton but recently Incorporated
made avoluntary assignment for the bene
| fit Of creditors to Charles Bornarth.
! The barn on The, farm 81 Mrs. Benefeld
I in Hay creek, Goodhue county was burned
It contained 500 bushels Of oats an,
o;Ohfnen fnnS nf hay